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Mr. Matthew Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been spent in real terms on Government support for business in (a) 1979, (b) 1984 and (c) 1989.
Mr. Douglas Hogg
Total DTI expenditure (including expenditure in respect of public corporations) was £2,257 million in 1979–80 and £1,814 million in 1984–85: it is now expected to be £1,363 million in 1989–90. The levels of expenditure in 1979–80 and 1984–85 are equivalent to £4,548 million and £2,387 million respectively in 1989–90 prices, based on the GDP deflator.